Diesel has never been as popular in the USA as it has been elsewhere, I've never seen a pump station with disposable gloves by the pump handle. Of course, since a vast majority of stations have become mostly self serve here, you also have to be wary of other things that people commonly touch ... the buttons on the pump control panel, the windshield washing equipment, etc.
There are simply a lot of opportunities for contact transmission and relying upon individuals to practice the appropriate level of care is not particularly effective if you're trying to maximize isolation and minimize the spread of this contagion. Worldwide, we need to get the transmission coefficient down to a less-than-1 level (meaning that any given infected person transmits the infection to fewer than one other person) to really see the numbers level and start to fall. Stay healthy! G — No matter where you go, there you are. > On Mar 29, 2020, at 9:42 AM, Ralf R Radermacher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Am 29.03.20 um 17:22 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi: >> and fueling stops are particularly bad points of contact due to the number >> of hands that stop to use the pumps.) > > I take it you have less diesel cars around than we have here in Europe. > As much as 60 percent in France and Belgium. Our petrol stations have > always had dispensers for single-use gloves to keep the diesel stink > from your hands. Comes in twice as handy now. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
